A Hero Falls.
After the incident a the reactor, everything changed. Sephiroth ended up in the Shinra Mansion basement, Sephiroth devotes himself to reading the research of Jenova. He finds ends up questioning himself more and more. Sephiroth didn't come out of the Shinra Mansion. He continued to read as if he were possessed by something. Not once, did the light in the basement go out.
"An organism that was apparently dead was found in a 2000 year old geological stratum. Professor Gast named that organism, Jenova... X Year, X Month, X Day. Jenova confirmed to be an Ancient... X Year, X Month, X Day. Jenova Project approved. The use of Mako Reactor 1 approved for use. My mother's name is Jenova... Jenova Project. Is this just a coincidence? Professor Gast... Why didn't you tell me anything? Why did you die?" Sephiroth questioned out loud.
Pyrrha had listened to everything he said. She looked down and decided to just leave him alone for now. She really hoped she could mend things between them... she did not want to lose another lover.
A whole week passed. Pyrrha was sleeping in her bed... her eyes snapped open when she heard a scream. She gasped and ran outside... and what she saw made her eyes wide in horror. Nibelheim... the whole village... was burning!
"What is going on?!" Pyrrha asked out loud before she heard a scream for help. She rushed over to him "You ok?".
"My child is trapped inside!" The panicked woman said as she pointed at the burning house.
"I will get her out. Just keep a safe distance from the flames!" Pyrrha ordered before she ran inside.
The flames were raging out of control. And Pyrrha could barely see where she was going. Pyrrha shielded her eyes from the heat and smoke the best she could, as she navigated through the fire.
"Hello!? I someone in here!?" Pyrrha called out.
"HEEEEELP!" Came the voice of a little girl from behind a door.
Pyrrha kicked the door down and saw the girl crying in a corner and hurried up to her "It's ok! I will get you out!".
A part of the roof fell towards them and Pyrrha blocked it with her shield. She threw it away before grabbing the child and jumped through the window. Landing on her feet, Pyrrha looked up as the woman rushed to them and took her child in to her arms.
"My precious child! Thank you Ms! Thank you so much!" The woman cried out.
"It's what I am here for. Now you need to get out of the village and head to the nearest river. I will continue to look for survivors" Pyrrha instructed.
"Yes, and thank you again" The woman said before she ran.
Pyrrha ran through the burning village until she ran in to the one man she did not expect to see "Sephiroth..." Said man said nothing "Sephiroth, what is going on? Why is the village burning?".
Sephiroth smiled, there was look in his eyes that Pyrrha did not like "Now is the time for the greeting".
Pyrrha was confused and worried "What...?" She then got wide eyes "No... Sephiroth, don't tell me" Sephiroth walks off towards mako reactor "What did you do?... WHAT DID YOU DO!? SEPHIROTH!".
He was gone. Pyrrha was shaking in mixed emotions. Her eyes grew hard as she ran towards the reactor. She would get her answers one way or the other.
She ran at full speed until she reached the reactor. She rushed inside and saw Sephiroth holding Tifa by the neck. Pyrrha gasped when Sephiroth raised his sword.
"STOP!" Pyrrha screamed as she jumped in with her blade ready to strike.
Sephiroth blocked the strike, dropping Tifa as he did. Pyrrha broke of before grabbing Tifa and jumped back. She ran outside with Tifa before putting her down.
"Tifa, you need to get out of here before-" Pyrrha was interrupted when Tifa punched her in the face.
"You monsters! You did this! YOU DESTROYED IT ALL!" Tifa screamed as she threw another punch which Pyrrha dodged.
"Tifa! Stop!" Pyrrha said as she avoided more punches.
Tifa had tears streaming down her eyes as she threw more punches, each missing "It's gone! My village is destroyed! My father is dead! I lost everything because of you SOLDIERS!".
Pyrrha caught Tifa's fists before grabbing hold of both her arms "Tifa please! Listen to me! I didn't know this was going to happen!".
Tifa was shaking in both rage and sorrow "I hate it. Shinra, SOLDIER, you, I hate it all!".
"I am sorry Tifa... this was not meant to happen..." Pyrrha said "But I swear to you Tifa. I did not know this would happen. And I am truly sorry for your loss.. I know how it feels".
Tifa slowly looked at her "If... what you say is true... than promise me this: Make Sephiroth pay!".
"He will answer for what he did" Pyrrha said, but Tifa shook her head.
"I want him dead" The younger girl said with hate.
Pyrrha said nothing for a moment before grabbing Tifa's shoulders "Your people needs you now, more than ever. Look after them".
Tifa nods "I will... goodbye Pyrrha".
Tifa ran down the mountain side and Pyrrha took a deep breath. It was time to confront Sephiroth. When Pyrrha got inside she saw Zack knocked out on the floor. She checked on him and after making sure he was ok, she ran inside the room with Jenova it and saw Sephiroth looking at some kind of blue woman inside a glass container.
"Sephiroth. What has gotten in to you!?" Pyrrha asked.
Sephiroth slowly looked at her "I am the chosen one. The chosen one to rule over this planet".
"What are you talking about?!" Pyrrha demanded.
"The insects of this planet robbed my mother of her rightful place. She was meant to rule this planet. She was stronger. Smarter... and most of all: Worthy" Sephiroth spoke like some kind of profit.
"Sephiroth. This is madness. Please, stop this. It is not to late" Pyrrha pleaded.
"Oh my dear sweet Pyrrha... you move me with your words" Sephiroth said as he began to walk towards her "But I refuse to be a puppet. And you should not waste your gift on these feeble humans" He reached her and put a hand on Pyrrha's chin "Genesis was right about one thing. You are an angel. And you should claim your place by my side and together we can wipe this planet clean and rule it as gods".
Pyrrha took a step back, not believing what she just heard "Sephiroth... I am not an angel. I am human... And I can't allow you to walk away after what you did... nor can I let you go on with this insane plan of yours. You need to be sopped".
Sephiroth shook his head before pointing his sword "Very well then... You leave me no choice".
"And you have left me with no choice" Pyrrha said as she took out her sword and shield.
The battle neither of them wanted began (Play One Winged Angel).
Pyrrha and Sephiroth starred each other down for a few moments before charging in. Pyrha and Sephiroth are repeatedly clashing blades, with Pyrrha successfully repelling Sephiroth's attacks. When Sephiroth charges again after being forced back, Pyrrha jumps in to the air before using the wall to dive back in, and attempts to strike Sephiroth with a diving stab. In return, Sephiroth uses Wall to block the attack, before following up by using some materia based energy orbs on an airborne and vulnerable Pyrrha.
Pyrrha is knocked back by the attack, but is no worse for wear, and the two begin speeding around the room while repeatedly clashing with their blades. Eventually, Sephiroth gets the upper hand with Masamune's superior reach and stabs Pyrrha in the chest, though her aura saved her life, but it still hurt.
Pyrrha jumps up high and dive directly at Sephiroth, but Sephiroth manages blocks her attack. Pyrrha then slash ferociously at Sephiroth several times, causing him to take a few step back before he knocks Pyrrha up in the air with his single swing. Before Pyrrha can crash on the ground hard, she manages to balances herself and land on the ground softly. However, she's shocked completely when she saw Sephiroth emerges behind her. When Pyrrha turns around, she blocks his sword and collides against Sephiroth's Masamune when Sephiroth attempt to kill her in one swing. Pyrrha then struggles to hold as Sephiroth slowly pushes her back until Sephiroth finally stagger Pyrrha back hard, causing Pyrrha to drop her sword and crash on the wall.
Pyrrha grunts but was not finished. She blocked Sephiroth's strike with her shield and used her semblance to retrieve her sword. She pushed him back and their blades clashed in at blinding speed, though Pyrrha hissed as Sephiroth managed to inflict some wounds on her cheek, left arm and right leg, faster than her aura could react. Pyrrha let out a angry cry as she managed to kick Sephiroth in the chest, with enough force to make him slide back.
Sephiroth looked up with a smile. This was getting fun.
They charges at each other again in full speed and collide their swords against each other. As they continue to struggle their swords against each other, Pyrrha jumps and back flip away from Sephiroth and charges at him once more, but Sephiroth blocks her attack and swings her over his head. Sephiroth pulls his Masamune and attempts to slash at Pyrrha in one swing, but she manages to dodge it in time by jumping up high above him. When she successfully dodges Sephiroth's swing, Pyrrha dives down and slashes ferociously at Sephiroth. However, before she can hit Sephiroth, he counterattacks by jumping up high and slashes ferociously at her, forcing Pyrrha to back away while blocking his attacks. She continues to block Sephiroth's attack until she's pushed down on the ground when Sephiroth then stands above her and slashes at her downward which she manages to block it in time with her sheild. Before Sephiroth can ready another strike, Pyrrha back flipps, causing her to land on the floor. She feels slight amount of pain aching both of her hands as she continues to hold her sword, but ignores it completely. When she successfully landa on the floor, she looks up and saw Sephiroth diving straight at her in full speed with his Masamune at ready. Pyrrha reacts fast by jumping up high and charges straight at him before she collide her sword against Sephiroth's own. As they collide their swords against each other once more, Pyrrha moves to the side and tries to strike Sephiroth with her shield.
But Sephiroth stops it with his hand, before grabbing Pyrrha's shield and tossed it away. Now all Pyrrha had was her sword and she did her best to block Sephiroth's speed strikes, before feeling the powerful impact of his boot to her chest. Pyrrha was sent flying in to Jenova's container, hard enough to crack the glass.
(End music)
Pyrrha's aura flickers as she tried to stand up, only to gasp as she felt something sharp go in to her midsection. She looks up to see Sephiroth lifting her in to the air by his sword. Making Pyrrha slowly slide down his blade, crying in pain as blood left her mouth.
"A pitty... you could have been so much more" Sephiroth said in disapointment.
"Se..phi...roth..." Pyrrha coughed some blood "I... loved you... I... always did...".
"Rest in peace, my love" Sephiroth said with a hint of sadness before letting Pyrrha slide of his blade "You are forgiven".
Those were the last words Pyrrha heard before everything went black.
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Well, I am sure most of you were waiting for Pyrrha vs Sephiroth.
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